Richard Deane

Richard Deane (8 July 1610-1653) was a Parliamentarian General-at-Sea and Major-General during the English Civil War and the Anglo-Dutch Wars.

Biography
Richard Deane was born to a strongly Puritan family in Gloucestershire, England on 8 July 1610, and he volunteered in the Parliamentarian artillery at the start of the English Civil War in 1642. He commanded the Parliamentarian artillery at the 1645 Battle of Naseby, and he was promoted to colonel in 1647 and given command of a regiment. He was appointed lieutenant of Oliver Cromwell's artillery due to his family connections to Cromwell, and he became known as one of Cromwell's staunchest loyalists. In 1649, he was named a General-at-Sea, but he was made a Major-General in 1651 and returned to land to fight at the Battle of Worcester. In 1652, he returned to the Royal Navy, fighting at the 1653 Battle of Portland. On 1 June 1653, during the Battle of the Gabbard, Deane was killed in action.